The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-04-21
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The Highland County Medical Society
met In the Court House in Hillsboro,
Thursday, April l4th, 1887, at 10 o'clock
a. IN. The President, Dr.. II. NJ. Brown,
took the chair and called the house to
order. The profession of the county
was well represented. The minutes Of
the previous meeting were read and ap.
proved.
The following gentlemen were on
recommendation elected to membership
j. A. Shull, M. D., Hillsboro, T.. M.
Bogges, NJ. d., Sugartree Ridge, J. W.
Leatherman, NJ. D., Nevin.
After hearing the reports OF the Secre-
tary and Treasurer, the Society then
proceeded to the election of officers for
the ensuing year, which resulted as fol-
lows: President-L. NJ. Greene, New
Lexington Vice. .President-R. T. Trim.
BILE, New Vienna; Recording Secretary,
B. d. Granger, Russell Corresponding
Secretary-F. NJ. Thomas, Samantha
Treasurer-S. J. Specs, Hillsboro; Board
of Censors-R. A. Brown, w. J. Srofe
and N. B. Lafferty.
Specs and Srofe were appointed to
conduct the President-elect to the char
Of his Office, after which he appointed
the following standing committees:
Committee on Admissions-F. NJ.
Granger, T. W. Duvall and N. b. Latter.
tNy
Committee on Programme. T. Trim.
BILE, Z. NJ. Boggess and H. A. Beeson.
Committee on Revision and Publica.
tion-G. R. Conard, w. f. ireland and
D. N. Mcbride.
The election being closed DR.. Specs
read "a paper on medicine as it was
"Fifty Years Ago." The Doctors paper
was quite elaborate, bearing upon its
pages the evidence OF a we'll stored
mind, retentive memory, and a just, as
we'll as a correct appreciation of the
causes and influences which during the
last half century have been subjecting
medicine to the crucible of science. and
thereby as 1t were, disrobing her Of the
vagaries Of antiquity and given her an
honorable seat in com .'any with the
professions, arts and sciences of the day.
The Doctor received the thanks of the
Society for his well.written paper, which
was ordered to be placed in the hands
of the proper committee for publication.
The Society then adjourned until l:3O
o'clock p. IN. for dinner.
After dinner DR.. R. I. Trimble, of
New Vienna, read a paper entitled
"Puerperal Eclampsia." The Doctor has
for some time past been endeavoring to
collect through the aid of his profession.
al brethren certain statistics, the class
and kind of which he has made known
through printed circulars which he, we
believe, has pretty generally distributed
among the physicians of the country,
whereby he may be the better able to
bring before the Society more complete
and comprehensive appreciation of its
gravity. It is to be hoped that all those
physicians who have on opportunity
will kindly furnish the Doctor with such
aid as he may desire to make his paper
complete. The subject of DR.. Trimble's
paper was discussed by number of the
physicians present.
The following gentlemen were elected
delegates to the Ohio State Medical So.
ciety, which meets at Toledo on the
third Wednesday Q5th) in June; 1887
R. T. Trimble, L. M. Greene, d. N. Nc
Bride. Alternates-F. NJ. Granger, r.
A. Brown, F. M. Thomas, W. J. Srofe
On motion the Society adjourned te
meet again on the second Thursday in
July. B. D. GRANGER, Rec. Sec'y.
Northern Seed Potatoes.
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